Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antonio Manuel Sánchez Gómez | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Fuengirola, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Madrid | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1998–1999 | Real Madrid C | ||
1998–2001 | Real Madrid B | 68 | (9) |
2002–2007 | Málaga | 97 | (7) |
2007–2008 | Hércules | 10 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Antequera | 10 | (1) |
Total | 185 | (17) | |
International career | |||
1997 | Spain U17 | 4 | (2) |
1997–1998 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Antonio Manuel 'Manu' Sánchez Gómez (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Sánchez was born in Fuengirola, Province of Málaga. He came through the ranks of Real Madrid but never made it past the reserves; [1] he was however included in their squad for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. [2] He joined local Málaga CF in January 2002, being relatively used over five and a half seasons.
Manu's best output came in the 2002–03 campaign, with six La Liga goals in 36 appearances – including a brace against Athletic Bilbao on 9 March 2003 for a 3–0 home win [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]– with Málaga finishing 13th. Previously, he had helped the Andalusia team to reach the UEFA Cup via success in the Intertoto Cup. [8]
In the summer of 2007, after having appeared in only three Segunda División games during the season due to contractual problems, Sánchez signed with Hércules CF in the same league, [9] being released at the end of the campaign after playing just ten out of a possible 42 matches. In early 2009 he joined lowly Antequera CF in a return to his native region, [10] with the club being eventually relegated to Tercera División.
Málaga